A colorful 400-page document: what to expect from the Mueller report?

Tonight, the US Department of Justice will publish a report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Russian interference in US elections. The most complete version of the document will be presented to the leaders of parties in Congress, the report with hidden passages will be widely available, said US Attorney General William Barr. He reiterated that they did not find evidence of collusion between the Kremlin and Trump, but they did record Russian interference in the American elections.

Basic numbers. The Mueller report is 400 pages long, writes Bloomberg. During the investigation, 2,800 subpoenas and nearly 500 search warrants were issued, and about 500 witnesses were interviewed.

What will be in the report. Most importantly, the report will answer one of the most important questions about the outcome of the Mueller investigation: why the special counsel refused to decide on Trump's guilt or innocence, a source familiar with Bloomberg told Bloomberg. According to Barr, the document does not indicate to whom exactly the special counsel left this decision. Assumptions that Mueller could provide such an opportunity to Congress, the attorney general denied and said that the Department of Justice took this right upon itself, since it was on their behalf that the investigation was carried out. What else will we see in the document:

10 episodes in which Trump could have tried to obstruct justice;
evidence of collusion between the Trump team and the Russian authorities, which, however, the Justice Department considered insufficient to formally charge the president;
information about who exactly gave instructions to Trump aide Roger Stone so that he would establish contact with Wikileaks and find out about the publication of compromising evidence on Clinton;
a description of the relationship between Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik, who Mueller believes is linked to Russian intelligence;
the points of view voiced during discussions in the White House - according to Barr, Trump decided not to hide this information, despite his right to do so;
Muller also provided attachments to the document, among which there are, for example, testimonies of witnesses, but it is not yet clear whether they will be published.

What will not be in the report. The report itself will be, according to Bloomberg, "colorful" - and in the truest sense of the word. Barr said that some parts of the report are shaded so that each color corresponds to the reason why this or that information cannot yet be disclosed to Congress and the public. We are talking about information that is hidden by a court decision; information about sources and methods involved in the course of the investigation; facts that are relevant to cases that have not yet been completed; data relating to the private life of third parties. These can be quite impressive passages, notes Bloomberg.

Signal. Only congressional faction leaders will read the fullest version of the report (which will omit only court-ordered information), Barr said during a news conference ahead of the report's handover to congressmen. The fate of future anti-Russian sanctions will depend on the reaction of congressmen to the results of the Mueller investigation (we wrote about them here and here ).

What's next. At approximately 18:00 Moscow time, Barr will deliver the report on disk to Congress. At the same time, the report will be published on the website of the Ministry of Justice.